Editing JOSS (section)

==File management==
The JOSS system used a [[hard disk]] to store user programs in an allocated space. Within that space were a number of files that were referred to using a multi-part filename consisting of an integer and a five-letter name in parentheses, for instance, {{code|123 (hello)}}. The integer part is the equivalent of a directory, and the name is the sub-file within it, maintained by JOSS itself.{{sfn|Gimble|1967|p=59}}

Files are written with {{code|File all as item filename.}} and loaded with {{code|Recall item filename.}}. One could also read or save only certain parts of the workspace, for instance {{code|File part 1 as item filename.}} to save a single routine to a file.{{sfn|Gimble|1967|p=61}} Additionally, one could set a default file to which all references were assumed with {{code|Use item filename.}} Files could be deleted with {{code|Discard}}.{{sfn|Gimble|1967|p=61}}